As many already know, it is my strong clinical impression that sugar is far more damaging to health than cigarettes. In addition to the article above, there is a wealth of studies, as well as much clinical evidence, to support this surprising conclusion, and this has been my observation over the last 20 years. You can also review the links below for further evidence.

One of the most potent clinical examples I can share of sugar’s obvious influence on your immune system comes from experiments done 50 years ago with rabbits. Researchers repeatedly tried to infect rabbits with polio but were unsuccessful until they lowered the rabbits' blood sugar levels with insulin injections, which likely crippled the rabbits’ immune systems and allowed them to contract polio.

Along these lines, eating sugar leads to periods of low blood sugar levels in humans. Similar responses to sugar were noted in the United States in the pre-polio vaccine era when certain communities realized that the polio incidence increased in the summer when large amounts of ice cream were consumed.

Once the communities rallied and convinced the people to reduce their sugar consumption there were dramatic reductions in the incidence of polio in their local communities.

Vaccines are not the ultimate solution to prevent disease. But, limiting sugar is one of the most potent actions you can take to improve your physical health, and you can read about this extensively in my book, The No-Grain Diet.

If you are going to eat sugar, the absolute worst time to have it is while you are sick. If you are doing well emotionally, sleeping well and have no acute or chronic health problems, then consuming small amounts of sugar is not likely to cause a major problem.

You can further reduce the negative influences of sugar by consuming it immediately after an intensive cardiovascular workout like running or aerobics. The sugar will tend to be used very quickly and not be as likely to cause insulin disruptions.

It is also important to realize that you needn’t have iron willpower and resist sugar with Herculean efforts of self-control. If you are eating a balanced diet according to your Metabolic Type then it is unlikely you will have any physical cravings, but emotional cravings may still exist. Tools like Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) can be useful in this area.

But, typically, once you are balanced with your Metabolic Type the cravings will disappear. In fact, if you still have cravings this is a major clue that your diet needs to be modified so the cravings disappear.

This is one of the major reasons why I have really embraced nutritional typing: because it has to work for the person. If the program doesn’t work, it is continuously adjusted until symptoms improve.

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